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‘Performing Diversity’: Everyday social interaction among migrants from the Great Lakes Region and South Africans in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This dissertation is an exploration of everyday social interactions among and between
migrants from the Great Lakes Region and South Africans, who live together as neighbours
in a post-apartheid South African community. ...
Heteroscleromorph demosponge taxonomy and diversity of the Amathole region (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
(University of Western Cape, 2022)
Sponges are functionally important and ubiquitous components of the global marine benthos. South Africa accounts for roughly 4% of the global marine sponge diversity, comprising 374 described species and seven varieties/forms, ...
Beyond difference: A textual and interactional analysis of Afrikaner’s language use and identity in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In a post-national South Africa, spaces are transforming to accommodate multilingualism and
address structures of sociolinguistic isolationism and exclusion. In such a transformative society
embracing multilingualism is ...
Snake community structure in a heterogeneous fynbos ecosystem
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Snakes occur in most terrestrial ecosystems, forming an integral part of many ecological
communities. A diverse community of snakes in an ecosystem can indicate a complex habitat
structure capable of supporting a diverse ...
The influence of cross-cultural psychological capital on cultural intelligence, affective commitment and organisational citizenship behaviour amongst employees at a retail organisation in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
This study was motivated by the great need to probe on the impact cross-cultural psychological capital has on cultural intelligence (CQ), affective commitment (AC) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) among diverse ...
Critiquing white ecclesial leadership in multiracial South African neo-Pentecostalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
After twenty seven years of democracy in South Africa, many strides have been made in
addressing equity, diversity and racial unity within the landscape of religious institutions.
However, a prevailing question that ...
Diversity and cultural pluralism with regard to globalization and the universality of the message of Islam: A study on the fundamentals of discourse in a diverse and multiplex world
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globalization refers to the process of changing the world into a monolithic system for all who live in it and integrating peoples' economic, social, and intellectual activities regardless of religion, culture, nationality, ...
Reptiles of the Soutpansberg: Biogeography, distribution and communities
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globally, reptiles, like all terrestrial vertebrates, are currently facing human induced
population declines at an unprecedented level. However, from a South African
perspective, it is unclear how human pressures are ...